SUNRISE, Fla. – Any optimism UFC president Dana White might’ve had for the return of Brock Lesnar is now gone after meeting with the former champ post-UFC 146.

“The meeting did not go well,” White told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) following UFC on FX 3. “Probably the worst meeting we’ve ever had with Brock Lesnar, and I haven’t talked to him since.”

White declined to elaborate on exactly what happened.

“It’s one of those things (where) it’s not worth getting into it publicly,” he said. “It’s not worth getting into the B.S. over it.”

“UFC on FX 3: Johnson vs McCall” took place Friday at BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Fla., and White spoke to reporters afterward.

Lesnar, who retired from MMA following a first-round TKO loss to Alistair Overeem at UFC 141, had a front-row seat for the all-heavyweight main card of UFC 146, which took place May 26 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

That suggested at least an interest from Lesnar in the goings-on of the UFC world – despite signing a contract with the WWE, which employed him as a champion prior to his jump into MMA.

White also revealed a text from Lesnar that suggested he was more than just a fight fan taking in the show.

“He texted me and said, ‘I want to come to the fight, but keep it quiet because I don’t want to tell anybody,'” White said. “He said, ‘What are you doing tonight? … I want to talk face to face.'”

White shot down a rumor that the meeting was merely a ploy to bring more interest to Lesnar’s work in the WWE.

Asked whether the door to return was closed for good, White said he didn’t know.

Lesnar (5-3 MMA, 4-3 UFC) won the UFC heavyweight title from Randy Couture at UFC 91 and defended the belt twice against Frank Mir and Shane Carwin before ceding it to Cain Velasquez at UFC 121. He fought on four UFC events that reportedly cracked the one-million mark in pay-per-view buys, which made him one of the promotion’s biggest draws during his time.

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